Chapter 327

"You gave them to me." Colin's fingers traced the lower-right corner of the specimen, where a black signature with the letters 'C' - Caldwell's initial - was inscribed.

I stared at Colin, my breath catching. "Me? I gave these to you?"

All of these specimens?

"You said that the beauty of a shooting star lies in its fleeting moment. That the brief bloom of a night-blooming cereus is enough to dazzle everyone..." Colin turned to look at me, his voice as raspy as ever.

But it seemed to carry an endless stream of loneliness, grievance, and guilt. "Life is short, to preserve them forever, this was the only way."

I was shocked as I gazed at the walls filled with butterfly specimens. For a moment, they all seemed to come alive, flapping their wings, taking flight.

"I can't believe I would... like these," I said in astonishment.

Colin took my hand and led me into a room in the basement.

The door had a keypad, sturdy like a bank vault.

As the door swung open, I followed Colin inside.

the lights flickered on, a tingling

finally opened his heart to

revealing his hidden secrets, his scars, all out in the open for

with Colin's investigations - about Damian, about me, my

was the current serial

he was watching over everyone, like the

looked at Colin, a mix of panic and fear in

be the killer,

the first serial murder case. Three years ago, after I left the psychiatric

accidents,

those 'accidents' is the same

common

who had reported illegal practices at the psychiatric hospital. "This man, Lamont, was one of the few with a conscience among the hospital's staff. It was he who blew the whistle,

also the doctor Dexter had brought to

they all revolve around me,"

all once

eyes turn towards me, while the real killer often goes unnoticed,"

a problem back then, you had this chain of evidence... why didn't

me, his Adam's apple bobbing

you're going to tell me everything, right?" I asked, my heart pounding. What was he still hiding?

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